COVID-19 update – 17 January 2021

The Department of Health has today reported one new case of COVID-19 in Western Australia, bringing the State’s total to 887.

The confirmed case is a female in her 30s who returned from overseas and is in hotel quarantine.

WA Health is monitoring 14 active cases and 864 people have recovered from the virus in WA.

Yesterday 1,515 people presented to WA Health-managed COVID clinics – 1,507 were assessed and 1,506 swabbed.

Visit WA Health’s HealthyWA website for the latest information on COVID-19.

Note: Weekend testing data will be reported on Monday.